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Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-01-14
GENERAL.

Two Of the Vanderbilts have contributed
81, 600 each to the Logan fund. A subscrip-
ton of $1,000 was received on the Sd inst
from Geo. W. Murray, United States Minister
at Montreal. Capt Lemon, who has charge of
the fund.- purchased s20, COO worth of AZ per
cent United States bonds on account of the
fund last Monday.
About sc, COO people in Northwestern Texas
! are on the verge Of starvation, their destitute
condition being the result of poor crops and
long continued drouth
The orange crop of Louisiana is said to he
i but one-tenth of an average, and none will be
shipped to the Northern States.
John Mann, of Minneapolis, successfully
consumed thirty quails in thirty days on
wager of 81, COO, the last bird being masticated
| on the I'd inst, at Chicago where the SEATING
MATCH took place. OF all who have under
taken THIS feat, Mann is the fourth one who
has succeeded.
Tho Elkhorn Valley road is in the field
pushing surveys southwest from Fremont
One of these lines taps David CITY. another
Seward, while third goes in the neighborhood
of Ulysses. 1t is understood that the object
point is Hastings.
The Minnesota and Northwestern Railroad
Company has ordered thirty-six new passen-
ger and freight locomotives Several of the
passenger engines will weigh 100000 pounds.
have cylinders 10 by % and driving wheels s
feet ~ inches in diameter. These will be the
largest passenger engines in use west of the
Mississippi.
The thermometer registered 40 degrees be-
low zero throughout New York on the I'd inst
and thin ice formed in the City of Mexico.
Thirty three years ago the United States
produced lC0,0o0,OCO bushels of wheat and
about 6Oo, GOO, GOO bushels of corn. Twice in
recent years we have reached SOC, OOO, 600 bush
els of wheat, and in 1885 the corn crop reach
ed SOC, eco 0O0 bushels, five-fold increase in
wheat, and three-fold in corn.
The definite plans have not yet been set
tied upon regarding the final resting place of
Gen. Logans remains. On New Years day
some of Mrs Logan's friends from Chicago
called upon her, and it was decided to let the
matter rest for the present 1t is not probable
that the body will be removed from its present
resting place before spring.
AT the time Of tho great fire in Chicago
Timothy Wright had rent-roll of sG3, 900 per
annum. He is son of John Wright, pioneer
who owned half section of farming land in
the vicinity Of Union Park. When the panic
Of 1873 broke out, Timothy Wright estimated
his realty at s., 0oo, GO, incumbered to the ex-
tent Of one-fourth that sum HI: agent was
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-01-14
HIS HONEYMOON.

The colored female cook of family
living at the south end came upstairs
the other afternoon, and twisting up the
corners of her apron with considerable
embarrassment, said to her mistress:
You see, missus, I thought it mought
he bes' to be tellin' you dat dat !
done get married last week!"
"Ah, indeed! And what is your
name now, Hannah?"
mis- Williams, ma'a,n. You see,
my husban' he am cook, toe. He am
what dey calls shelf in hotel"
"A chef. Ell? That's very nice. And
do you expect to leave US directly, Han.
nah? ?"
Not d'reckly, mum. I'll stay wild We
Tor de present. You sec, my husban'
he's done gone to New York an Wash.
lngton on his honeymoon, an it'll be
nigh unto six weeks befo' he comes
iback!"-Boston Record.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-01-14
trimmings

Trimmings are lighter and less
voluminous than last summer. Capote
are smaller still, if possible, their fat
border rests close over the hair; the
peak in front is done away with, which
is perhaps pity, as it is SO becoming
to some faces; the capote is trimmed
with cluster of LIGHT feathers, three
loops of ribbon anu scrap OF lace fall
ing in dainty little fanchon in the
middle of the border; the crown is
ornamented with flower embroidered
in silk and gold over piece of tulle
laid over the velvet; this crown is half
plain, half plated, denied in the
middle; no strings, or else long strings
OF tulle, which look pretty, but arc
very fragile and rather ipconvenient.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-01-14
Wearing Tight Md Gloues,

1t is only in America that women
wear tight kid gloves, and l am happy
to say that no American woman who is
considered well-dressed woman does
that nowadays. In Paris if woman is
seen with tight kid gloves on she is
said to be either provincial or an
American. But, as say, the fashion
OF tight gloves is going out in this
country. I remember when women
who ought to have known better used
to wear their gloves so tight that their
thumbs were almost paralyzod. and
the little finger was drawn around into
the palm. But nothing is considered
more vulgar than this nowadaya-Neu
York letter.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-01-14

l. Holders of these securities can have them
redeemed at once, with interest to the date OF
presentation.
Jas D. Young, heavy creamery operator
at Scotch Grove, Jones county, Iowa, failed on
the 3D. inst, with $1,000 liabilities and assets
to the amount of $4,000.
The Dolores Land and Cattle Company Of
Texas, chartered during the last year with
capital stock of 100000, has made an as
sisnment The liabilities are s5oo,oO0, assets
$4,000
About 20 per cent of the stock Of the
Mexican Central Road is now held in Europe.
"A contractor is looking over the territory
lying between Duluth and Port Arthur in the
interest of American capitalists, who intend to
build railway for grain traffic
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-01-14

his cousin, Thomas Lyman, whom he has lately
sued for an accounting and discovery, and to
secure the setting aside of foreclosure sales
which wiped out the estate. Mr. Wright has
not been in Chicago for ten years.
The Supreme Court Of Pennsylvania
afirms the constitutonalty and validity of
the soleomargarine act, and says: sIhe man
ufacture, sale and keeping of the article may
ell alike be prohibited by the Legislature if,
in their judgment, the protection of the public
from injury and fraud requires it To deny
the authority of the Legislature to do 80 is to
deny all that s vital in police power"
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-01-14
TIE FINANCIAL WORLD.

The following is recapitulation of the
debt statement issued for the month of Deem
Der:
Interest bearing debt-prncipal and
interest. 81 142 ga $3.50
Debt on which interest has ceased
=, since maturity-total ............ G,0s6, 1911
Deo' occurring no interest,". h14,6C4,3:S
Total debt-principal. 81 ia ,O43 ga5
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. .................. R.050,057
, Total 81, III, os3 COZ
>- items ;.:............... -. 49,, ls1, l2s
neht ca aa IN me treasury 42.196G32
Debt less cash in the treasury jan
n Jury l...:..;. :......... 1871 ,as4, 1876
Nec1eaee OF oeot during the month 9,35s,2c2
Total available for the reduction
of the public debt. ...S e4le0o ssa
Reserve fund held for redemption
OF United States notes. acts OF
January II, 1875, and July T. 1852 100 mn mn
Unavailable for the reduction Of the N'o'0
DEBT: :;.;......,............. 25,792,a57
Ga. a 81, helo rs cash ;.......... 35,H423
A>o' e"sn oaia''ce on mana. 1926. G3a
Total cash in treasury as shown
by treasurer's general &C.
count. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT IA o1s 700
The Secretary of the Treasury has called
sl0sUU,0O0 III 5 per cent bonds for February
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-01-14

The following is recapitulation of the
debt statement issued for the month OF Deem
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-01-14

The Secretary Of the Treasury has called
slosoN0OO in per cent bonds for February
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1887-01-14
CRIMES AND CASUALTIES.

"A fire at Fargo, Dakota, on the Sd inst. de-
stroyed Coleman's grocery store and the
Times block adjoing. Coleman's loss is $50
600, and on the Times block $1,000 The
Sherman House, occupying portion of the
Coleman h1ocI 1osas 600 0NO in fnrpitpra
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, 1887-08-28
THE LETTER CARRIERS.
They will Begin Work on Next
Thursday.
Some of the Rules Which will
Govern Them.
Certain Changes Which Post Office
Patrons Should Observe.

AS the free delivery system goes into
effect in this city next Thursday the fol-
lowing rules governing the same will be
read with interest:
a letter carrier is forbidden to deliver
mail matter In the streets, even to own
ers' unless they are personally known to
MN, ana 1t can be done without unreas-
enable delay, but must deliver all matter
at the houses to which it is addressed.
Carriers are forbidden to deliver any
mallable matter which has not passed
through the post Office with which hey
are connected, or to exhibit any mail
matter entrusted to them to persons 9TH
er than those addressed, or to deviate
from their respective routes, or to carry
letters in their pockets.
Carriers are required, while on their
rounds to receive all letters prepaid by
postage stamps. that may be handed to
them for mailing, but are strictly forbid
den to delay their deliveries by waiting
Tor such letters, or to receive money'to
pay postage on letters handed them for
mailing.
Packages too large for deliver by car
rler may be received at post offices, and
printed notices are to be sent by postmas-
tiers to addresses in such cases to call at
the post Office for them.
A letter carrier has fulfilled his duty
when he has delivered mail to the mum.
Der OF the house to which it is addressed.
If parties in the house read postal cards
before delivery to the parties addressed,
the department cannot control the mat
ter.
Carriers are required to receive letters
handed them on their routes properly
prepaid for mailing, and should receive
other small articles properly prepaid, but
are not required to receive packages cum
bersome on account of size, shape or
weight, especially when it would interfere
with their regular box collections.
Carriers are forbidden to sell tickets on
their routes to theaters, concerts, balls,
fairs, picnics, excursions, or places of
amusement or entertainment of any kind,
or to deliver any matter while on their
routes, except such as may be intrusted
to them in the regular course of business.
Carriers are forbidden under any cir
cumstances to return to any person what
ever letters deposited in the street mailing
boxes.
Carriers are not required to run the
risk of being bitten by dangerous dogs in
delivering mail matter. Persons keeping
such dogs must call at the post office for
their mail.
The postage on local or drop letters at
free delivery offices is two cents for each
ounce or fraction thereof.
, 1887-08-28
POINTS.

A. D. Slocum, Dallas, Ia, is in the
city.
Stirling Birmingham is in from his
ranch.
County Surveyor j. S. Titcomb is il
Denver.
w. j. Anderhorp came up from Sid
ney yesterday.
Jas. o. Moran and wife are registered
at Dyer's hotel.
Judge F. w. Foss arrived from Chug-
water last evening.
j. E. S~paulding, Ogden, is registered
at the Inter Ocean.
M. Wasserman has returned from a
business trip to Colorado.
B. NJ. Gentry, Grand Island, Neb., ar
rived from the east last evening.
Hon. W. W. Corlett has returned from
a trip to Laramie on legal business.
Stiles d. Jones, of Elk Mountain, Car
bon county, came over from Laramie yes
terday.
Joe McGonigle, formerly deputy sheriff
for Laramie county, arrived from Omaha
last evening.
Robt. H. Homer, Of Laramie, who has
been visiting in Boston, reached home
last evening.
j. ID. Hardin, stock agent for the Chi
cago, Burlington & Quincy, has returned
from Nebraska.
H. B. Patton. resident engineer for the
Union Pacific, came over FROM Laramie
yesterday morning.
Mrs. Anne Miller, mother of Mrs.
j. G. Abney, has returned from an ex-
tended visit to her son at Pierre, OAK.
Messrs. Nat Baker, j. X. Calkins and
Prot. Morse, witnesses in the Mccoy case,
will arrive from Lusk tomorrow evening.
Commodore Theodore D. Wilson, chief
constructor of the United States navy,
was a west bound passenger last evening.
The commodore doesn't know the differ
ence between a cracker box and a man-of-
war. He alternately curses Cleveland and
drinks whisky from a bottle.
, 1887-08-28
THE LOT SALE.
A Large Crowd and Brisk Bidding at
M~innehaha Yesterday.

The Minnehaha addition auction sale
was a success. A few more than 200
people attended the sale at 3 O'Clock yes
terday afternoon. They were conveyed
to the ground in sixty carriages. The
procession formed in line at the Inter
Ocean hotel, and was headed by the
splendid 18th infantry band.
Thirty-four lots were sold for $2,8I5, or
a trife more than $50 each. a very fair
figure. The visitors did not invest as
literally as had been anticipated. Fully
hve-slxths of the sales were made to resi-
dents of Cheyenne. About fifty lots i IN
the addition were disposed of at private
sale in the forenoon and evening. A
majority of these went to outsiders. j.
K. Jeffrey, L Kabis, Frank A. Miller,
Geo. H. Marsh, Cheyenne, and Mrs. j..
I. Davis, Lincoln, were the largest pur-
chasers at the auction sale
The next affair of this sort will doubt
less be a more enthusiastic occurrence
than the recent one. People in this Sec
'iOH ~ No"SSuS'OhiSu " tuc Spectacle OF
a brass band as an important adjunct and
prominent factor in a real estate sale.
Lots were sold in blocks 8, IL. I6, 4
and 7. The highest price paid was $50,
the lowest $75. The property is fully a
quarter of a mile east of Lake Mime
haha, is finely located, overlooking the
city, and affording a splendid view of the
mountains in the distance.
The visitors were well entertained, and
shown about the city by Messrs. Moore,
Jones and Shipman, the projectors of the
excursion. With one accord they de-
clared that Cheyenne was the most COM
pactly and substantially built city in the
West, having a desirable location, bril-
liant prospects. and the best of public
buildings and institutions. Several of the
excursionlsts were agreeaoly surprised at
the truthfulness of the inhabitants of
this portion of the West. why" re-
marked a gentleman from Lincoln to a
LEADER reporter, you say that the pop
ulation of Cheyenne is only 10000. If
this city was in Nebraska, Kearney or
Hastings for instance, every mothers son
of the residents would swear that there
were over $4,000 inhabitants"
, 1887-08-28
HIS INITIATION.
How a Cheyenne Man Entered the
Commercial World.
He Tries to C0ntrol the Water
melon M arket.
The UnIucky Speculation Gives Him
a Good Start in Life.

Every time [ see a watermelon" re-
marked a commission merchant in a once
upon a.time tone, to a reporter yester-
day, Il am forcibly reminded of my first
speculation in the fruit business, which
was nothing more or less than a bold at
tempt to bull the watermelon market"
The listener grew interested and inquired
the particulars Of the historic deal. The
query elected a story something like this:
Il was about 20 years old at the time
and fondly imagined that the world and
the fullness thereof had been manufac-
tured to order for my especial benefit. l
had saved several hundred dollars from
wages received for services rendered in a
coal Office. The young fellows with whom
L chummed called me the diamond
dealer, a title which l didn't fully appre.
ciate, for the reason that l was often
compelled to assist the workmen in hand
ling coal But to return to the original
subject. 1t was late in the fall, and the
coal business was just beginning to get
lively, when | conceived a mammoth
scheme. an idea which appeared to my
mustard seed brain to be simply colossal.
| would invest my boarded cash in water
melons, which were becoming scarce,
hold them until the supply became ex-
tremely short and then sell at a hand
some advance over first cost. | bought
three carloads of the cholera morbus pro-
ducers, stored them in an old barn, and
strutted around the tow in which | lived
as though an aunt had died and left me
half a million.
The price of melons steadily advanced
and L was ~correspondingly iubilant and
pulled up. After the first cold spell in
October had subsidized the fruit was quot
ed at 300 per cent more han | had paid
for it, and [ concluded to sell. Like
leading a lamb to the slaughter l piloted
a commission man to my ware. house, as
had taught myself to call the old barn.
Here | met the first real disappointment
of my life and heard the most cruel and
heartless laugh that ever fell upon human
ears. Believe me, young fellow, every
one of those miserable melons was frost
bitten and slightly decomposed. As |
cursed and plugged the pesky things the
prospective purchaser of the fruit alter
nately groaned and laughed"
The best part of the story remains to
be told, resumed the merchant, as the
reporter turned to leave. Il had about
concluded to suicide when my uncle heard
of the occurrence, gave me 81 900 and a
ticket for the far West, at the same time
~admonishing me to be more careful in
the future. To conclude, | have been
quite cautious, and the 81. 900 has grown
to nearly 100 times that amount, but l
will never forget my costly initiation iuto
the commercial world"
, 1887-08-28
WILL SELL ITS MINES.
The Union Pacific Wants to Disposed of
Its Coal Mines.
[Omaha Herald

[Omaha Herald.l
1t has been rumored for some time back
that the Union Pacific management was
very anxious to dispose of its coal fields
IN order to have this branch of the bust
ness operated on an independent scale,
aside from the management of the road
entirely.
At the present time it is operated as a
separate branch but is owned and con-
trolled by the Union Pacific company.
1t is stated that this company has a
vast amount of money tied up in the
operation, and that 1t is DESTROYS OF get
ting it out of the business as soon as pos.
sible.
When questioned about the matter by
a reporter for the Herald Mr.. Potter said:
"Well, we have not disposed Of our
interest in this respect, as yet. OF course,
If we can find a purchaser we would be
willing to dispose of our interests at a
reasonable price.
is 1t not a fact that you have consid-
cradle cash involved in this enterprise,
and that your company is DESTROYS of get
ting this off its hands?"
Yes, we have a large amount invested,
L think about 81, 00O, 900. 1t is not every
man that you run across that has that
amount Of loose cash in his pockets"
The work of disposing of so much
proverty cannot be done in a day, week
or year. l suppose that tits the intention
of the company to get rid of this property
eventually. 1t is well worth the money
invested in it, but we want it operated in
a manner entirely independent of our
road"
Mr.. Potter intimated that should the
property pass into the hands of other par
ties it would be upon conditions that the
mines would be operated TO the full
capacity.
, 1887-08-28
WANT THE
That omcial Requested to Omciate at
Shawnee Coal Camp.

There vas a fatal boiler explosion at
Shawnee mining camp, this county, July
II. Three men were killed outright and
several severely injured. Jas. Kirby, an
lS-year-old boy, was among the latter.
He died Friday night after a lingering
and painful illness. His demise caused
the sending of the following telegram to
Coroner Chafin by ]. K. Calkins, of the
Lusk Herald, yesterday:
LUsK, Aug. 27.-Dr. Wilson sent the
following to DR.. Martin to-day:
SHAWNEE, Aug. 27.-Coroner wanted
to hold inquest here.
The message was received about noon.
MIR. Chatin at once ~telegraphed TO Calk-
ms, requesting him to ascertain. if posi-
BILE, the particulars of the affair. At 9
O'Clock last evening the following dispatch
was received by the coroner
LUsK, Aug. 27.-Deceasei was Jas.
Kirby. He was injured on July IL by a
boiler explosion at the mines. He was Is
years old. j. K. CALKINs.
Coroner Chafin will probably leave for
Manville on the first train, which leaves
Monday morning.
As no inquest was held over the re-
mains of the three men killed outright,
the necessity of an investigation as to the
causes which led to the death of young
Kirby is not very apparent.
, 1887-08-28
LavaIle's Condition.

Lavalle. the alleged maverick thief,
who tainted while conversing with De-
tective Boswell Friday night, was much
better, though far from well yesterday.
Lavalle has hitherto borne a reputation
above reproach, and his friends deeply
regret the circumstances which have led
to his incarceration and assert that
he is guiltless of malicious misdeeds.
Lavalle has a fine family which, accord
ing to reports, merits the sympathy of all
in the trying hour when their protector
is imprisoned, whether Justly or without
cause remains to be learned.
, 1887-08-28
w edding Bells.
LDOuglas BudRet.l

When Postmaster j. f. McReynolds
left for the East a couple of weeks age he
said he was going ION business" Such
proved to be the case-as witness his re
turn, Monday evening, with a wife.
Handsome wedding cards, received by the
many friends of that gentleman in this
vicinity, announce that j. +. McReynolds,
of Douglas, and Miss NJ. Allie Glasgow,
of Peru, Nebraska. were married on
Wednesday, August 18th. The groom is
one Of our most exemplary young men, and
ranks high in business and social circles.
She whom he has chosen as his help
mate through life is a charming and &C
complished lady. and a general favorite in
the social circles of the community where
in she has lived.
, 1887-08-28

Another suspected cattle thief now &C.
cupys quarters in the county jail. His
name is Peter Paulsen and he is supposed
to be a member of the Horse Shoe gang
to which it il alleged Doc Howard, Ryan
and Lavalle, who were locked up Friday
night, belong, Pauls n is a Swede and
Consequently a blonde. has a sandy NOUS
tache, is so years of age, five feet six
inches tall, and weighs $50 pounds. The
prisoner is a carpenter by trade, and is
well known in CHEYENNE, having worked
on a number of buildings here several
years ago. H is charged with approp-
rating stray mavericks, and occasionally
a branded steer to his own use. Paulsen,
together with Ryan, Howard and
LaValle, will have a hearing to -morrow
morning.
, 1887-08-28
The Lusk Contingent.

Among the arrivals from the North
last evening were the following gentlemen
and several others whose nam IS we're not
learned:
John Owens, Larkins Cleveland, Peter
Sweeney, Jas. Parker, j. l.. Hogle, John
Evans, Jas. Waters, Fred ReddingtoD,
R. Saunders, G. A. Lacey, DIR. NJ. c.
Martin, o. p. Goodwin, Peter johnson,
Capt. Longer. f.. f. Lonabaugh, John
Stefin, Jud Brazial, Harry Bagley, Bud
Tatem.
All of the above are witnesses in the
Mccoy case, the trial of which will prob.
ably be commenced before Judge Corn
to. morrow morning. Many of the visit
ors are well acquainted in Cheyenne, and
will doubtlessly be well entertained. The
entire delegation are unanimous in the
hope that the case for which they were
~subpenaed will be proceeded with at
once,
, 1887-08-28
Agricultural Prospects.

The Cheyenne markets are overlooking
with fine green produce, a large portion
of which has been raised in Laramie
county. The Wyoming Development
company will ship several carloads of po-
tatoes from their Sabille and Laramie
river farms, where a large amount of
corn will also be produced. The theorists
and malcontents who have hitherto so
firmly asserted that, while small vege-
tables could be successfully raised in
Wyoming, corn culture and wheat raising
were utter impossibilities, are doomed to
disappointment. Splendid specimens of
corn, wheat and oats produced in Laramie
county will be exhibited at the territorial
fair next month.